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μέτωπον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέτωπον μέτωπου

Structure: μετωπ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: meta/, w)/y

Sense

  1. the space between the eyes, the brow, forehead
  2. the front or face, the front, line

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου Ἀαρών, καὶ ἐξαρεῖ Ἀαρὼν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα τῶν ἁγίων, ὅσα ἂν ἁγιάσωσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, παντὸσ δόματοσ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου Ἀαρὼν διαπαντόσ, δεκτὸναὐτοῖσ ἔναντι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:34)
  • τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν πλῆτο στόμα λευκὰ θεόντων, δεινῶν ἀπλήτων, ἐπὶ δὲ βλοσυροῖο μετώπου δεινὴ Ἔρισ πεπότητο κορύσσουσα κλόνον ἀνδρῶν, σχετλίη, ἥ ῥα νόον τε καὶ ἐκ φρένασ εἵλετο φωτῶν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 12:4)
  • διαταράξαντεσ γοῦν τοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐπισκοπούμενον συγχέαντεσ ἀπίασι λοιδορησάμενοι ἀλλήλοισ οἱ πολλοί, τὸν ἱδρῶτα ἐκ τοῦ μετώπου ἀγκύλῳ τῷ δακτύλῳ ἀποξυόμενοι, καὶ οὗτοσ κρατεῖν ἔδοξεν ὃσ ἂν μεγαλοφωνότεροσ αὐτῶν ᾖ καὶ θρασύτεροσ καὶ διαλυομένων ἀπέλθῃ ὕστεροσ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 11:10)
  • ἐκπεριίασιν δὲ ἐπὶ μετώπου ταχθέντεσ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 20 2:1)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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